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AMEND, ENLARGE AND IMPB0T6 
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THE Committee appoiiated to take into eonsideratio^ 
so much of his Excellency's address as relates to Dart- 
mouth €o]lege5 reported the following BILLt 

June 18, ;1816. 

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
and sixteen, 

AN ACT 

TO AMEND, ENLARGE AND IMPROVE 
THE Corporation of 



WHEREAS knowledge and learning generally diffused 
through a community are essential to the preserva- 
tion of a free goyernment, and extending the oppor- 
tunities and advantages of education is highly condu- 
cive to promote this end, and by the Constitntion it is 
made the duty of the Legislators and Magistrates tc 
cherish the interests of literature and the sciences 
and all seminaries established for their advancement ; 
and as the College of this State may, in the opinion 
of the Legislature, he rendered more extensively 
useful-^ 

THEREFORE— 

Sect. 1. "O E it enacted hy the Senate and House of 

Jj BepresentatireeSf in General Comi coU' 

tened, That the corporation heretofore called an<l 



known by the name of the Trustees of Dartmouth Col- 
lege, shall ever hereafter be called and known by the 
name of the Trustees of Dartmouth University : And 
the whole number of said Trustees shall not exceed 
twenty-one nor be less than fourteen, at the discretion 
of the Governor and Council ; and two thirds of the 
whole number, for the time being, shall form a quorum 
for the transaction of business : And they and their 
successors in that capacity, as hereby constituted, shall 
respectively forever have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy 
all the powers, authorities, rights, property, liberties, 
privileges and immunities, which have hitherto been 
possessed, enjoyed and used by the Trustees of Dart- 
mouth College, except so far as the same may be varied 
, or limited by the provisions of this act. And they shall 
have power to determine the times and places of their 
sneetings, and manner of notifying the same ; to organ- 
ize colleges in the University; to establish an insti- 
tute and elect fellows and members thereof ; to appoint 
such officers as they may deem proper, and determine 
their duties and compensation, and also to displace them ; 
to delegate the power of supplying vacancies in any of 
the offices of the University, for any term of time not 
extending beyond their next meeting ; to pass ordinan- 
ces for the government of the students, with reasonable 
penalties, not inconsistent with the Constitution and 
laws of this State; to prescribe the course of education 
and confer degrees ; and to arrange, invest and employ 
the funds of the University. 

Sect. 2. Be it further eftacted, That from and after 
the passing of this act, no person except an inhabitant 
«f this State shall be eligible as a member of the Board 
of Trustees of said University. And the seat of each 
member of said board who is not or who shall hereafter 



cease to be an inhabitant of this State, shall be k hereby 
is declared to be vacated. Frovided Tiowcrcr, that noth- 
ing contained in this section shall disqualify any person 
from being elecied President of said University. 

Sect. S. Be it further enacted, That there shall bo 
a Board of Overseers, who shall have perpetwal succes- 
sion, and whose number shall not exceed fifty nor be less 
than thirty, and fifteen of whom shall constitute a quo- 
rum for the transaction of business. Of this board the 
President of the Senate shall be President, and the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yiee-Presi- 
dent, ex officio. The Governor and lieutenant- Gover- 
nor of Vermont, for the time being, shall also be mem- 
bers of said Board. And the Hon. Stephen Jacob, 
Charles Marsh, Nathaniel Niles and Elijah Paine, of 
the State of Vermont,whose seats at the board of Trus- 
tees are vacated by the provisions of the second section 
of this act, are hereby appointed members of the said 
board of Overseers. The board of Overseers shall 
have power to determine the times and places of their 
meetings, and manner of notifying the same ; to inspect 
and confirm or disapprove and negative such votes and 
proceedings ef the board of Trustees, as shall relate to 
the appointment and removal of President, Professors 
and other permanent Officers of the University ; and 
determining their salaries ; to the establishment of Col- 
leges and Professorships and the erection of new College 
buildings : Provided always, that the said negative shall 
be expressed within days from the time 

of said Overseers being furnished with copies of sueh 
acts. Provided also, that all votes and proceedings of 
the board of Trustees shall be valid and effectual to all 
intents and purposes, until such negative of the board of 
Overseers be expressed according to the provisions of 
this act. 



Sect. 4. Beit further enacted. That there shall be a 
Treasurer of the said ©orporatien who shall be duly 
sworn, and who before he enters upon the duties of his 
of&ue^ shall give bonds with sureties to the satisfaction 
of the Corporation for the faithful performance thereof^ 
and also a Secretary to eaeh of the boards of Trustees 
and Overseers, to be elected by the said Boards res- 
peetively, who shall keep a just and true record of the 
proceedings of the board for which he was chosen. 
And it shall furthermore be the duty of the Secretary 
of the board of Trustees, to furnish, as soon as may be^ 
the said Board of Overseers, copies of the records oi 
such votes and proceedings as by the provisions of this 
Act are made subject to their revision and control. 

Sect. 5. J5eit/Mrt7icrcnacfedf, That the President of 
Dartmouth University and his successors in office shall 
have the superiotendanoe of the government and in- 
struction of the students and may preside at all meet- 
ings of the Trustees ; and do and execute all the duties^ 
devolving by usage on the President of a University.— 
He shall render annually te the Governor of this State 
an account of the number of Students, ataid of the state 
of the funds of the University ; and likewise copies of 
all important votes and proceedings of the Corporation 
and Overseers, which shall be made out by the Secre* 
taries of the respective Boards. 

Sect. 6. Be it further enacted, That the President 
and Professors of the University shall be nominated by 
the Trustees and approved by the Overseers ; and shall 
be liable to be suspended or removed from office in man- 
ner as before provided. And each of the two Boards 
of Trustees and Overseers shall have power to suspend 
and remove any member of their respective Boards. 






SBeT.7. Be it further enactedfTh^t tht GoTernor and 
Council are hereby authorized to fill all vacancies both in 
the board of Trustees & board of Overseers, whether the 
same be original vacancies, or occasioned by the deaths 
removal a resignation of any member. But the Presi- 
dent of said University for the time being shall never- 
theless be a member of said board of Trustees ex offi- 
cio. And the Governor and Council shall have povi^er 
t» inspect the doings and proceedings of the Corpora- 
tion and of all the officers of the University, whenevei? 
they deem it expedient ; and they are hereby required 
to make such inspection and report the same to the Le- 
gislature of this State as often as once in every five 
years. And the Governor is hereby authorieed and re- 
quested to summon the first meeting of the said Trus- 
tees and Overseers, to be held at on the 
day of 

SeCit. 8. Beit further enacted, That the President 
and Professors of the University, before entering 
upon the duties of their offices, shall take the oath to 
support the Constitution of the United States and of 
this State ; certificates of which shall be filed in the of- 
fice of the Secretary of this State, within sixty days 
from their entering on their offices respectively. 

Sect. 9. Be it further enacted, That perfect freedom 
of religious opinions shall be enjoyed by all the officers 
and students of the University ; and no officer or student 
shall be molested or deprived of any honors, privileges 
or benefits of the Institution, on account of his religious 
creed or belief. The Theological Colleges which may 
be established in the University shall be founded on the 
same prineiples of religious freedois 3 and any man or 



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body of men shall have right to endow Colleges or Pro- 
fessorships of any sect of the Christian Religion : 
And the Trustees shall be held and 'obliged to appoint 
Professors of Learning and Piety ef such seet^ accor- 
ding to the will ef the donors. 

Sect. 10. And he it further enacted, That the Trus- 
tees of Dartmouth University, as constituted according 
to the provisions of this act, shall be and hereby aro au- 
thorized and empowered to revise, correct, confirm op 
annul any and every act and proceeding of the Trus- 
tees of Dartmouth College. 



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